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• TOA President's Update: HR 6478 Contacts and Letter
  Last week we had mentioned national legislation HR 6478. This national bill focuses on advancing orthopaedic care, research and public awareness of musculoskeletal health, and will raise the profile of the American Association o...
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• This Week In Texas: Mignon McGarry Memos
  The Comptroller's Business Tax Advisory Committee met in Austin on Monday to discuss the collection of the new business margins tax. The Committee heard testimony that the state has raised $4.2 billion from the tax so far. Alth...
• Medicare Claims Processing - HR 6331
  In late June, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) instructed its carriers not to process any physician claims for the first 10 business days of July because of the pending legislation to postpone the reduction in...
• TOA President's Update: H.R. 6478
  The American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) is requesting your assistance to take action on the "ACCESS TO AMERICA'S ORTHOPAEDIC SERVICES ACT OF 2008" (H.R. 6478). Some of you may be familiar with this legislation fro...
• TOA Survey - Are These Issues Important To You?
  The Legislature will convene for the 81st Regular Session on January 13, 2009. We need to know which issues are important to you. In Texas and around the country, many health care issues important to orthopaedics are either new...
• This Week In Texas: Mignon McGarry Memos
  On Tuesday, Senator Florence Shapiro (R-Plano) formally announced her intent to form an exploratory committee to run for the United States Senate in 2012 or before. Shapiro is seeking the seat currently held by U.S. Senator Kay ...
• Texas Orthopaedic Foundation Update
  The Texas Orthopaedic Foundation has sent correspondence encouraging over 400 healthcare and orthopaedic industry CEO's to help our new organization become a significant orthopaedic resource for our state. They were asked to rev...
• Thank You To Texas Orthopaedic Foundation Donors!
  To fund its programs, the Texas Orthopaedic Foundation will depend on contributions from the orthopaedic community, other caring individuals and our friends of orthopaedics in business. Your contributions will be dedicated to ort...
• Congress Overrides Medicare Veto
  Within hours of a presidential veto, both houses of the U.S. Congress voted to override the president's veto of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, averting a 10.6 percent reduction in Medicare physician rei...
• TOA President's Update: 2009 AAOS Nominating Committee
  Our Past President and current Chair of the AAOS Board of Councilors, Dr. John T. Gill has contacted you and asked you to send in your vote for the 2009 AAOS Nominating Committee. By now, you should have received your 2009 AAOS N...
• TOA Survey - Insurance Carrier Report Card
  Please complete the TOA Insurance Carrier Survey that can be accessed online by clicking here and entering icrc-07-07-08 as the password when prompted. Or you may download the survey in PDF format by clicking here, and fax the co...
• Senate Passes Medicare Fix With Veto-Proof Majority
  On July 9, 2008, Medicare legislation that includes an 18-month, short-term physician payment fix passed in the U.S. Senate and will now head to the desk of President George W. Bush. The House of Representatives had passed H.R. 6...
• AMA - Senate Votes To Stop Medicare Meltdown
  "Today the American Medical Association celebrates that the Senate heard the voices of patients and physicians and voted to stop Medicare physician payment cuts that would have hurt seniors' access to care by a bipartisan, veto-p...
• TOA President's Update: Contact Your Members of Congress
  I am sure most of you received the email from Dr. David Halsey, Chair of the AAOS Council on Advocacy. However, this message is worth repeating and needs your attention. Please contact your Members of Congress today. Congress ...
• Complaints Against Doctors Increase
  BROWNSVILLE - More patients across the state are filing complaints against doctors than in years past, and doctors are starting to feel unfairly targeted, officials and physicians said during meetings with the Texas Medical Board...
• This Week In Texas: Mignon McGarry Memos
  During this week when Americans celebrate the birth of the United States, we thought we would take a break from the hard hitting political news and give you some trivia to impress your family, friends and neighbors during your lo...
• AMA Unveils New Health Insurer Report Card
  Delayed and inaccurate insurance payments add cost, inefficiency to health care system. CHICAGO - To help reduce the substantial administrative burden of ensuring accurate insurance payments for physician services, the American M...
• TOA Survey - Insurance Carrier Report Card
  Please complete the TOA Insurance Carrier Survey that can be accessed online by clicking here and entering icrc-07-07-08 as the access password. Or you may download the survey in PDF format by clicking here, and fax the completed...
• TOA President's Update: AAOS Member's Census
  The AAOS undertakes a member's census every 2 years. 2008 is one of those years. The census data are extremely important to the AAOS as well as to our TOA members. The data are used to keep the membership database up to date and e...
• This Week In Texas: Mignon McGarry Memos
  Rep. Buddy West (R-Odessa) passed away this morning. West suffered a cardiac arrest in May and had been hospitalized. His funeral will be in Odessa and he will be buried at the Texas State Cemetery. The preliminary figures on t...
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• Growing A Successful Physical Therapy Practice
  Whether you are thinking about starting a physical therapy program or already have one, you need to understand the quality and financial indicators that should be used to measure success. Too often success is only measured by th...
• TOA President's Update: Patient Satisfaction
  I feel the evidence is clear that patient satisfaction can drive patients to become loyal advocates. At our clinic in Tyler, patient satisfaction is paramount to the success of our practice. Through the years the face of healthca...
• Workers Compensation Commissioner Says Closing The Drug Formulary Won't Happen Until After December 2008
  On April 28, 2008, Workers Compensation Commissioner Albert Betts told a Senate State Affairs committee that the Division of Workers Compensation wont achieve its projected December 2008 deadline for adopting a closed pharmacy fo...
• This Week In Texas: Mignon McGarry Memos
  As we enter the dog days of summer, everyone seems to be focused on ways to beat the heat by finding indoor pastimes. Some will spend their time handicapping the field of potential VP choices for Obama and McCain. Others will fre...
• Worth Repeating: Congress Pushing Curbs On Physician-Owned Hospitals
  The New York Times reports on efforts in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives to limit the spread of hospitals that are owned by physicians. On three occasions in the last 10 months, either the House or the Senate has app...
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